AYE

Definition: AYE

AYE

Adverb

1. Alt. of Ay

Noun

1. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To call for the ayes and noes;" "The ayes have it."

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "AYE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Assent

Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.

Adverb: yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch.

Perpetuity

Noun: perpetuity, eternity, everness, aye, sempiternity, immortality, athanasia; interminability, agelessness, everlastingness; Adjective: perpetuation; continued existence, uninterrupted existence; perennity; permanence (durability).

Adverb: perpetually; Adjective: always, ever, evermore, aye; for ever, for aye, till the end of the universe, forevermore, forever and a day, for ever and ever; in all ages, from age to age; without end; world without end, time without end; in secula seculorum; to the end of time, to the crack of doom, to the "last syllable of recorded time"; till doomsday; constantly; (very frequently).

Crosswords: AYE

Aye, you look like a boxer. (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Aye, you feel better the now right? (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

I ate a baby! Oh aye, baby its what's for dinner, baby the other, other white meat. (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Aye, now that was offsides, now wasn't it? (So I Married an Axe Murderer; writing credit: Robbie Fox.)

Aye, but don't rush. (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

Aye yea yea yea aye yea yea aye yea oh yea oh oh ohh (Above The Clouds; performing artist: Amber)

Aye, aye ye et ede, ooh (Lucky; performing artist: Britney Spears)

Aye aye aye (Get Down; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

Aye aye aye aye (Semi-Charmed Life; performing artist: Third Eye Blind)

Pink Aye (1974)

Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964)

Aye Follow Your Own (1957)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Babalu Aye : Santeria and the Lord of Pestilence (reference)

• Market Guide / ProVestor Plus Company Report for Allegheny Energy, Inc. - AYE [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Ready Aye Ready/Illustrated History of the Royal Canadian Navy (reference)

• Aye, and Gomorrah: And Other Stories (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Aye (reference)

• Ready Aye Ready (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sketch by George H. Rogers, depicting Bainbridge cruising off Cuba in 1862, when the artist served on board her. Note the dialogue written above the sketch: "Lookout at masthead - 'S-a-i-l O-h!' Officer deck - 'Where away?'. 'Three points off the Starboard bow Sir'. 'Can you make her out?'. 'No Sir'. 'Well keep a sharp lookout there'. 'Aye, Aye, Sir'". Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Burma

Regarded as a hard-liner, General Maung Aye oversees the Trade Policy Council, an extra-ministerial committee that determines trade and economic policy. (references)

Burma

While Senior General Than Shwe is the ultimate chief and arbiter, in the past few years General Maung Aye, the Vice-Chairman of the SPDC, has assumed a prominent role in economic policy. (references)

Human Rights

Burma

Among the remaining prisoners is U Aye Tha Aung, who represents four large ethnic groups in the CRPP. Arrested in 2000 and sentenced to three 7-year sentences, U Aye Tha Aung reportedly is in deteriorating health. (references)

Trade

Burma

General Maung Aye, Vice Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, has executed growing control over trade and regulatory policy via the Trade Policy Council, an extra-ministerial committee overseeing trade regulation and economic policy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "AYE": aye sir! ♦ For aye ♦ say aye to. Additional references.

Beginning with "AYE": Aye-aye, aye-eye, aye-green.

Ending with "AYE": Aye-aye.

Containing "AYE": ee-aye-ee-aye-oh.

Albanian

si urdhëroni, gjithmonë (always, as usual, ever, evermore, night and day, perennially, perpetually). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نعم (ay, refine, tenderize, yea, yes), ‏إلى الأبد (evermore, for aye, forever). (various references)

Bulgarian 

утвърдителен отговор (ay), тъй вярно (ay), глас за (ay), винаги (all the time, always, ever, invariably, uniformly), да (and, as to, ay, exactly, if, let, shall, that, to, yea, yep, yes, yup). (various references)

Czech

ano (ay, granted, yea, yeah, yep, yes). (various references)

Farsi 

اری (Yea, Yes), رای مثبت (Yea), بله (Yea, Yes). (various references)

French

toujours (for aye). (various references)

German

Ja-Stimme (pro), jastimme, ja (certainly, even, I do, indeed, just, rather, really, surely, uh-huh, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yup), gewiss (certain, certainly, indeed, of course, sure, sure enough). (various references)

Greek 

πάντοτε (always, ever, every time). (various references)

Hebrew 

כן (ay, so, thus, yeah, yep, yes). (various references)

Hungarian

igen (ay, greatly, high, I don't mind, mightily, mighty, passing, quite, the odds are that, very, very much, yea, yeah, yep, yes). (various references)

Indonesian

setuju (acc, agree, bargain, concur, pro). (various references)

Italian

sempre (all the time, always, ever, evermore, forever, still, throughout), sì (yea, yeah, yep, yes). (various references)

Manx

She (be, T'is, yea). (various references)

Pig Latin

ayeay

Portuguese

voto afirmativo (yea), sempre (always, at all times, ever, evermore), indefinidamente. (various references)

Romanian

totdeauna (always, continually, ever). (various references)

Russian 

положительный ответ (ay, positive answer, positive response), да (ay, yea, yeah, yeah particle, yep, yes). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uvek (always, ever). (various references)

Spanish

siempre (always, constantly, continually, continuously, each time, ever, forever), sí (ay, herself, himself, o.k., o.s., ok, okay, okey, oneself, sure, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yourself, yourselves). (various references)

Swedish

jaröst (ay, yea). (various references)

Turkish

olumlu oy (ay), kabul oyu (acclamation, ay), hay hay (ay, can do), evet (ay, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yup). (various references)

Ukrainian

ствердна відповідь, �"сть (ay), так (accordingly, as, ay, sic, so, that, this, thus, yea, yeah, yep, yes), голос за (yes), завжди (all along, always, anytime, anywhen, at all times, ay, ever, evermore), постійно (always, at every turn, ay, constantly, continuously, frequently, invariably, permanently). (various references)

Vietnamese 

luôn luôn; trong mọi trường hợp. (various references)

Welsh

yn wastad (always), byth (eternity, ever, for ever, sometime). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "AYE": ayes. (additional references)

Words containing "AYE": affrayed, affrayer, affrayers, allayed, allayer, allayers, arrayed, arrayer, arrayers, assayed, assayer, assayers, ballplayer, ballplayers, bayed, belayed, bendayed, betrayed, betrayer, betrayers, bewrayed, bewrayer, bewrayers, bilayer, bilayers, bioassayed, brayed, brayer, brayers, bricklayer, bricklayers, cardplayer, cardplayers, causewayed, cayenne, cayenned, cayennes, clayed, clayey, counterplayer, counterplayers, decayed, decayer, decayers, defrayed, defrayer, defrayers, delayed, delayer, delayers, disarrayed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"AYE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aae, aaie, Adyebo, Adygey, ae, Aej, aey, aeye, afe, ahe, ahex, aice, aie, Aiee, Aieee, Aieeee, aier, aiere, Aife, aige, Aii, aiii, Aij, Aike, aiq, aive, aiw, Aiya, Aiyer, aize, aje, ajex, alya, alye, amyu, anya, anye, anyo, Aoe, arye, Aryeh, aue, Auyu, avy, axy, aya, ayam, ayan, ayar, ayat, ayb, Ayce, ayd, ayeb, ayed, ayee, ayeh, ayel, Ayelu, ayem, ayen, ayeo, ayet, Ayeva, ayez, ayi, ayie, ayih, ayl, Ayle, Ayme, ayo, ayon, ayou, ayre, ays, Ayse, Aysen, ayu, Ayue, ayuh, ayum, ayup, Ayut, Ayyeh, Ayyub, ayz, eaye, Iye, jaye, kaye, Nayee, oye, oyi, oyoe, Qaybeh, uy, uye, vaey, Vaya, vaye, yaa, yae, yael, yai, yao, zye. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: yea.

-1 letter: ae, ay, ya, ye.

+1 letter: abye, aery, ayes, easy, eyas, eyra, yare, yeah, yean, year, yeas.

+2 letters: abbey, abyes, agley, alley, apery, barye, bayed, beady, beaky, beamy, belay, cagey, cakey, cymae, deary, decay, delay, deray, early, embay, essay, etyma, eyras, faery, fakey, fayed, gamey, gayer, hayed, hayer, heady, heavy, hyena, lacey, layed, layer, leady, leafy, leaky, leary, leavy, lyase, lycea, mamey, matey, maybe, mayed, mealy, meany, meaty, payed, payee, payer, peaky, peaty, peavy, rayed, ready, relay, repay, resay, sayer, seamy, teary, vealy, waney, wavey, weary, yager, yamen, yarer, yawed, yeans, yearn, years, yeast, yenta, yerba.